Tag: Malahide Castle

On my last day of my annual holidays last week I decided that I must visit the Gardens and the Fairy Trail of Malahide Castle. I had been on many walks around the Malahide Castle Grounds, but I never actually visited the inside of the Castle Gardens. It was a lovely sunny day and I was not disappointed for what I received for my 5.50 Euro entrance fee.

I visited the Victoria House, the Peach House (no, there are no peaches!) the Butterfly House (yes, there are butterflies) all beautifully maintained greenhouses. The scent of the flowers and plants was amazing. Afterwards I went on the Fairy Trail, a lovely path, enchanting for both children and adults. An afternoon well spent! I will visit the Gardens again later this autumn, I’m sure it will look all different then!

Yesterday I took a rest from my powerlifting training and went for a morning walk in Malahide, a small town in North County Dublin, Ireland. Within one hour of walking I was able to visit the Malahide Marina, Malahide Castle and the Malahide Village. I also noticed the many people being active, either jogging, running, walking or cycling. There was a park run on, organised by parkrun.ie and sponsored among others by Healthy Ireland. About a hundred people participated, young and old. Great to see so many people of all ages being active, and all that at 9.30 in the morning!

Meanwhile my son Christian was playing golf in Malahide Golfclub. To his surprise he noticed number of non-golfers – a family of foxes, as shown in his video!